Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-24
II entertain no doubt of it in my own
At do Won think of the prisoners 2"

II entertain no doubt of it in my own
mind"
"What do you think of the prisoners?"
swell, consider Cromwell the weaker
man of the two. He is the follower and
Stain the leader"
"What do you think of Stain?"
ale is evidently rather remarkable man.
He is q man of iron nerve and shows great
deal of will power. Did you notice how in
tently he watched the witnesses? He began
with the County Attorney and never took
his eyes off from him or the witnesses who
followed him. lie was evidently turning
over in his mind every piece OF evidence to
see how he could meet it or avoid it. He was
indeed a curious study"
What do you think OF the testimony OF
Harvey and Young STAMP
SWELL the characteristics of these two
differ so that they could scarcely be
spoken of in the same connection"
'What do you think OF young Stain?"
"He is undoubtedly a weak fellow with no
Strong qualities, although crafty in certain
way in defending himself"
do you think he intended to tell the
truth?"
Il think the leading features of his testi-
mony were true and taken altogether that il
was impossible for him to have invented
them. In the first place he isn't mentally
capable of inventlng story as detailed and
consistent this. In the second place there
were many incidents and points developed
in it which had plain stamp of truth. In
the third place quite number OF details
which he had woven into the story as given
him by his father were strikingly confirmed
by indepen lent facts and witnesses, which he
couldn't have known anything about when
he gave his story. But after all Harvey's
testimony was the most convincing and
satisfactory and could but impress everyone
who heard it as truthful. That had the
greatest weight in my mind of any single
pi zee of testimony.
'Do you think Harvey has really re-
formed?"
Il am Inclined to think he has been very
likely man since his release from prison. lie
has a very good face-the face of man oi
considerable ability. He is clear headed and
has rather marked chsracteristics. DO you
know" he added, che was very picturesque
object when he stood out there in the little
square on the stage telling his story before
ali those people, quiet, yet with certain ar
and GESTURE about him, very open and candid
and yet displaying good deal of shrewd hui
NOR and fully match for most any attack
counsel could make on hnl?"
"Den't ycu suppose that the testimony he
will give in court to the various places
where he went may be found to conflict with
| his statements at the examination"
81 should think very strange if they didn't.
l venture TO say you can't find man in the
| State of Maine or out of it who is in the habit
of going from place to place as a sailor does,
or as a business man does in his various trips
who could tell the places he had visited for a
number of years in the correct order and the
length of his stay in each, take him upon a
witness stand and without any data to exam
inc. l couldn't do it for year. l should
attach very little Importance TO any .ubse-
quent variance or contradiction which man
might make who had been called upon to
state where he had been and the length of stay
through period of twenty years"
'Do you think the council for the defence
intended TO put in any evidence at ALP"
81 fancy they intended to depend some
what upon what they found to be the strength
of the government case. If they had
found the government to have had fimsy
case they might have tried to put on evidence
and smothered the whole thing then and
there, ard get them discharged"
is Mitchell's connection with the case
done?'
81 presume not, cannot say what course
the government will adopt more than that it
will have the case thoroughly worked out
and 1t will require assistance from more than
one quarter. / am sure that when this case
is presented at the February term it will be
a clear and strong one, and will | think, un-
doubtedly cocvict these men of the crime
with which they are charged